This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentences > Sentence Types – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Types Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the type of sentence below.The aroma of cotton candy wafted through the air and made my mouth water. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Incomplete. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 2. We have fun whenever my cousins come over, but they won't visit us until they sell their house. A) Complex Sentence. B) Simple Sentence. C) Compound-complex Sentence. D) Compound Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-complex Sentence. 3. Caribou eat plants and grass in the summer and mushrooms and lichen in the winter. A) Declarative. B) Interrogative. C) Imperative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 4. I plan to go to my friend's house tonight, and we will share our candy.This is a ..... sentence. A) Complex. B) Compound-complex. C) Compound. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 5. What type of sentence is this?We'll miss the bus! A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamatory. 6. I didn't do my homework since I stayed up all night researching fantasy football trades. A) Compound Sentence. B) Simple Sentence. C) Compound Complex Sentence. D) Complex Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex Sentence. 7. What do you see in the following sentence?It was freezing cold outside so we wore our winter coats. A) Dependent clause. B) Appositive. C) Participle. D) Gerund. E) Independent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Independent clause. 8. What type of sentence is this?The weather forecast predicted severe thunderstorms, but the dark, heavy thunderclouds never appeared. A) Compound-Complex. B) Simple. C) Compound. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 9. This sentence type declares, or tells, information. A) Declarative. B) Imperative. C) Exclamatory. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 10. Turn off the water before it overflows! A) Declarative. B) Interrogative. C) Exclamatory. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperative. 11. What type of conjunction joins together independent clauses? A) Subordinating. B) Coordinating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coordinating. 12. After finishing her novel, Emily submitted it to a publishing house for consideration. A) Compound. B) Compound-Complex. C) Simple. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex. 13. What kind of sentence can have an implied subject? A) Declarative. B) Interrogative. C) Exclamatory. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperative. 14. What formula(s) best represents a SIMPLE sentence? A) Independent Clause. B) Independent Clause, FANBOYS Independent clause OR Independent Clause; Independent Clause. C) Dependent Clause, Independent Clause OR Independent Clause Dependent Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Clause. 15. I am excited about going to Disneyland! A) Imperative sentence. B) Declarative sentence. C) Interrogative sentence. D) Exclamatory sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exclamatory sentence. 16. A clause that has a subject and verb, but starts with a subordinating conjunction, ..... stand alone. A) Can. B) Cannot. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cannot. 17. Which sentence type is demonstrated in the example below?Where can I go to see some goats race a chicken? A) Declarative. B) Imperative. C) Interrogative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative. 18. What type of sentence is this?One particularly hard snowball slammed a boy perfectly on the nose. A) Compound. B) Compound-Complex. C) Simple. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 19. Why is the alarm ringing at this hour? A) Exclamatory. B) Interrogative. C) Declarative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interrogative. 20. Although she studied diligently for the exam, Sarah couldn't help but feel nervous, and her anxiety grew as the test questions became increasingly challenging. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Compound-Complex. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound-Complex. 21. Identify which Type of Interrogative Sentences the following bellongs to:The Lorax was a friend of the trees, wasn't he? A) Yes/No questions. B) Wh-interrogatives. C) Tag questions. D) Alternative interrogatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tag questions. 22. You're coming to the party, aren't you? A) Alternative interrogative. B) Tag question. C) Wh-interrogative. D) Yes/No interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tag question. 23. Identify the type of sentence below.Because the doctor was late for my appointment. A) Incomplete. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incomplete. 24. Choose the correct adverbWe should respect our privileges; ..... , we might lose them. A) Consequently. B) Therefore. C) Otherwise. D) However. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Otherwise. 25. The restaurant where you left your wallet is known for its baked escargots. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound-Complex. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 26. Everyone who was in the spelling bee studied for hours to prepare for the competition. A) Complex. B) Compound-Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex. 27. Left for dinner. A) Complete sentence. B) Fragment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fragment. 28. It is sunny outside, but the temperature is below freezing. This is a A) Simple sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound sentence. 29. What is the clause in this sentence?The marching band won a top rating at the state band contest on Saturday. A) The marching band won. B) At the state band contest. C) On Saturday. D) A top rating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The marching band won. 30. Which of the following is NOT an example of an imperative sentence? A) Sit down. B) Open the window. C) The cat is sleeping. D) Don't touch that. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cat is sleeping. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSentence Types Quiz 1Sentence Types Quiz 2Sentence Types Quiz 3Sentence Types Quiz 4Sentence Types Quiz 5Sentence Types Quiz 6Sentence Types Quiz 7Sentence Types Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books